Weekend Read: Changing the Ratio on Both Sides of the Table

Sep 12, 2014 3:40 pm ET

Christine Tsai, managing partner at 500 startups: Unconscious bias holds everyone — men and women — back. Few people blatantly discriminate or admit to it, but many do without even realizing it. For example, many people have assumed that I’m a secretary or someone without investment decision authority. There have even been instances when Dave McClure, the founder of 500 Startups, has introduced me as his partner, only for people to assume he means spouse. “Business partner” is apparently not the first thing that comes to mind. …